Osmond said his hope is to restore students' respect for the flag and country.

"I feel like we need to get back to basics."

The pledge is now recited in public elementary schools but Osmond has observed

apathy toward the practice.

"As I went from school to school, there was very little, if any engagement, especially in Title I schools," he said.

Although she voted for the bill, Sen. Luz Robles, D-Salt Lake, remarked that students should be reminded of how they gained their freedoms. "The lack of engagement, I think, happens equally in Title I schools as other schools," she said.